Kingpin
Restricted to persons 18 years and over 1985 1h 29m Film
- Drama
About
Kingpin was the second of a trilogy of films from Mike Walker about troubled New Zealand youth (the others were Kingi's Story and TV movie Mark II) Filmed at, and inspired by residents of Kohitere Boys Training Centre in Levin, the bros-in-borstal tale follows a group of teens who are wards of the state. Kingpin focuses on the bond between Riki (Mitchell Manuel) and Willie (Faifua 'Junior' Amiga), who along with the other kids are terrorised by Karl (Nicholas Rogers), the Kingpin of the title. It was directed by Walker, who co-wrote the script with Manuel.
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Nicholas Rogers as Karl Stevens in Kingpin.
Kindly supplied by the Dominion Post.
Nicholas Rogers as Karl Stevens in Kingpin, 1986.
Kindly supplied by the Dominion Post.
Kingpin actor Mitchell Manuel and producer-writer Mike Walker, 1986.
Photographer Martin Hunter, kindly supplied by the Dominion Post.
